But that's the thing now. Do you think anyone would be even one iota less excited for this game if it looked like Megaman 6 or better? Or would they be more excited? Buuuut... which is the easier one to make, and which will generate more instant nostalgia sales?
Point taken, and I definitely agree. I guess the only other point that can be made is that graphics always get better later in the cycle, so maybe the team figured that the simpler it looks, the more retro it feels? That seems like a pretty crappy excuse though.
my only real fear - and it might not be the popular fear on this board - will the GAME be as good as the old ones? AND - in an age where everyone has emulators and other stuff that already lets them play the old ones for free - what is this game doing to make it worth buying?
I honestly think it's going to end up as collector's item because after the first few thousand people will realize that it's nothing that they didn't have before, and that it was made with half the love.
I'm pretty sure that it will be as good as the old ones. The Megaman formula doesn't seem to be something that you can mess up too much, especially if you're trying to keep it as close to the original as possible. Even so, this will probably end up as a collector's item simply because a retro-styled game like this doesn't seem like something with the mass appeal of some other titles.